109th Auction
2023/11/18
Lot 230
SupraLa Maisonnette
A collection of 2 Swiss minute repeating gold hunting case pocket watches with chronograph
A large minute repeating hunting case pocket watch with chronograph, original box and 14 K gold watch chain
A large minute repeating hunting case pocket watch with chronograph, original box and 14 K gold watch chain
Sold
estimated
3.000—4.500 €
Price realized
4.800 €
specific features
Case
18 K rose gold, glazed movement.
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
2/3 plate movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, "Swiss Patent 13244" (Barbezat Baillot's "Poussette pour montres"), "Swiss Patent 334"(Barbezat Baillot's "Perfectionnements apportés à la construction des mécanismes de répétition pour montres de poche de toutes dimensions"), club-tooth lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
Case no.71512
Diam.60 mm
Circa1900
Ctry.Switzerland
Wt.134 g
This is a beautiful hunting case pocket watch with minute repeater and chronograph in a smooth rose gold case. The white enamel dial has Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and Louis XVI hands. A pusher at "2" starts, stops and resets the chronograph; a pusher at "6" releases the minute repeater, where the two hammers strike on two different gongs. Swiss patent no. 334 was one of Barbezat-Baillot's most important inventions and included the use of centrifugal force for the repeater mechanism.